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New HUC President
Selection of Dr. Nelson Glueck as president
of Hebrew Union College, to succeed Dr.
Julian Morgenstern, marks the beginning of
a new chapter in the history of the great
Reform rabbinical seminary.
Having received his ordination at the col-
lege whose affairs he will begin to administer
on July 1, Dr. Glueck has had training and
1 experience which qualify him eminently for
the great post that has been assigned to him.
A brilliant Jewish scholar, a master of
Hebrew and an author and archaeologist of
great ability, Dr. Glueck brings to his alma
mater prestige and experience which should
elevate the standards of Hebrew Union
college.
His activities during the past quarter cen-
tury in Palestine and his worldwide tours
now lend such high status to his position that
his selection for the HUC presidency will
undoubtedly be welcomed by Jews every-
where.
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With Dr. Morgenstern remaining a member
of the HUC faculty, Dr. Glueck will have the
benefit of the knowledge of his predecessor
close at hand. At the same time, the devotion
Detroit's $5,335,000 Allied Jewish Campaign goes on and
of the board of governors of HUC assures him our community has the great responsibility of raising the
opportunities to render immeasurable service entire goal assumed for 1947.
to American and world Jewries.
As long as a single person remains unsolicited or who has
been permitted to stay outside the ranks of the contributors,
the drive must continue—so that each one of us should have
the privilege of being counted among those fighting for our
people's survival.
The first reaction to the Acre jail break in
But there are thousands who must be reached. A large
Palestine was that if Jews and Arabs can number of people who undoubtedly are anxious to participate
cooperate in such activities, it is not un- in the important effort for rescue and rehabilitation are yet
reasonable to expect that they also will join to be asked to contribute.
forces for constructive efforts in Palestine.
The thousands of workers owe it to the job they have
Calm deliberation, however, must temper a begun so well and to our people's future to extend their
viewpoint that is based on negative elements efforts and to give the additional time required to make the
in life. It is true that Arabs and Jews—many campaign-a success.
more of the former than the latter—partici-
Working concertedly, we still have an excellent chance I
pated in the escape from Acre. But two inter- of securing the entire goal in the 1947 campaign. Let us do
esting elements must be taken into consider- it in the interest of our own honor and our - people's future.
ation:
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Our Quota MUST Be Raised
Panic-Inspired Acts
1. Among the Arab escapees were several
gangsters who fought the Jews during the tragic
riot-years of 1936 to 1939, and at least 40 of the
Arabs freed in the jail break were convicted
murderers.
2. Four Haganah members, serving five-year
terms, refused to join in the jail break and re-
mained at Acre, and only 33 of the 150 Jewish
extremists managed to get through the hole that
Was blown in the fortress' by Irgun Zvai Leumi.
Taking these facts into consideration, and
adding to them the condemnation of the jail
break by Vie- Jewish Agency, a spokesnian
for whom branded the Irgun operation as
being of an "irresponsible suicidal character,"
we begin to recognize the validity of the
comment by the Palestine Zionist Labor
organ Davar: "The attackers doomed 16
people to death, turned a few others into
cripples and presented some to the military
courts. The irresponsibles again have brought
nearer the threat of \reprisals at the very time
of UN discussions. These men are crazed
by despair."
Every Palestinian Jew who has brought
messages to us of the existing situation, and
Detroiters who have visited in Palestine,
abhor the extremism which has marked the
activities of the super-patriotic Irgunists.
Those who wax enthusiastic over the
despairing element in Palestine, especially
if they be leaders who owe responsibility to
the Zionist movement but who are straying
from objective paths, had better take these
facts into consideration before they give
approval to acts stemming from panic. As for
ourselves, we insist that the Irgun way is
not the way.
'I Am An American Day'
Sunday, May 18, has been set for the observance of annual
"I Am An American Day."
On this day we proclaim proudly the deep-rooted
idealism which is inherent in the privileges we possess as
Americans.
It should be utilized also to rededicate ourselves to the
ideals and principles which form the very foundations of
this great land.
America became a great haven of refuge for the oppressed
and dispossessed. It can once again become such a haven—
providing the great masses of the people of this land learn the
true lesson of the "I Am Ari,American Day."
Emphasis must be placed upon the idea of fair play and
justice, in order that the handful of crack-pots and bigots
may not be given a chance to spread their poison on these
shores.
Above all, the ideals we strive to perpetuate must not be
drowned in rhetoric on "I Am An American Day." We must
make them live and function—for the good of all Americans
and as a lesson to the entire world that justice must prevail
if humanity is to survive.
UN Must Repudiate Effrontery
Recognition of the right of the Jewish people to be
heard at the General Assembly of the United Nations was
marred by a certain amount of effrontery which boidered on
indecency.
The Arab states and their sattelites, possessing a large
number of votes, not only undertook to filibuster their way
and to compel recognition of the ex-Mufti's Arab Higher
Committee but sought to place every possible obstacle in the
path of those who fought for the right of the Jewish Agency
for Palestine to speak for our people.
In more than one sense, the prestige of the United Nations
has been lowered by these tactics.
- Lost prestige can only be regained through adherence to
Member Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Independent Jewish
the highest principles expected of the United Nations.
Press Service. Seven Arts Feature Syndicate, Religious
News Service. Paicor Agency.
We present as a basis for retrieving the honor of the UN
Member American Association of English-Jewish News-
the following demand made editorially by the New York
papers and Michigan Press Association.
Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publish-
Post:
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ing Co., 2119 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit 26, Mich., RA. 7956.
Subscription. $3 a year foreign, $4. Club subscription,
"The time to repudiate effrontery is now. The spokes-
• very fourth Friday of the month, to all subscribers to
men for the Jews should demand and the United Nations
Allied Jewish Campaign of Jewish Welfare Federation of
Detroit. 40 cents psi year.
should insist upon:
Entered as second-class matter Aug. 6, 1942. at Post Of-
"Immediate admission of 100,000 Jews into Palestine.
fice. Detroit. Mich.. under Act of March 3, 1879.
"Repeal of Jewish land-purchase restrictions.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
"That should be the answer to the Mufti."
Maurice Aronsson
Philip Slomovitz
Fred M. Butzel
Unfortunately, we can not accomplish this task alone.
Isidore Sobeloff
Judge Theodore Levin Abrahani Srere
We MUST have the help of all Americans. The tactics thus far
Maurice H. Schwartz Henry Wineman
followed by American representatives at the UN, stemming
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ. Editor
from a policy-lacking program, have proven humiliating to our
people. This, too, can be corrected—providing there is an out-
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MAY 16, 1947
burst of resentment against repudiation of pledges which
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
mark established American pro-Zionist policy. If all Ameri-
This Sabbath, the twenty-seventh day of Iyar,
cans act firmly and promptly, the proper results can be
. 5707, the following Scriptural selections will be
read in our synagogues:
attained and the pro-Nazi propaganda of the Mufti defeated.
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 25:1-27:34.
This is the program for immediate action by all Americans.
Prophetical portion—Jer. 16:19-17:14.
Scriptural selection for Rosh Hodesh Sivan, on Unless such a program is carried out, the hands of the Jewish
Tuosday: Num. 28:1-15.
spokesmen before the UN will be weakened.
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'Little New Angel' Hailed
As Enriching Literature
A Review of Sadie Rose Weilerstein's New - Book
by Deborah Pessin, Editor of World Over.
Sadie Rose Weilerstein has again added to Jewish
juvenilia 'a book which brings our religious cus-
toms into the focus of the young American Jewish
child. In her pre$ious book, "What the Moon
Brought." Ruth and Debby discover the rich beauty
of the Jewish customs their parents practice and
to which they are the delighted heirs. In her new
book, "Little New Angel," the discoveries continue.
Ruth and Debby acouire a baby brother. The new
brother. who is endowed with the name of the-
angel Michael. is often the unwitting cause for
new Jewish learning on the part of his two sister.
This learning is acquired simply and naturally,
with a minimum of pedagogy and a maximum of
nleasurablenesc. Moral values, exploration into the
background of' religious rites and customs. are
deftly woven into stories whose homespun gaiety
makes them irresistible to reaflers of any age.
It is a commentary on Mrs. Weilerst^io's skill as
writer that no religious concept Pr folk custom.
however abstruse or remote. fails to neouire
sparkle and platisibility in the telline. The con-
cept of the mif-vah. for examnie. becomes as
sannle as eating' ice cream. The merrezah. the traith
and tetibillin. the z•Osir,14 be'r. are not obeolete
symbols for Roth and Debby. They are as irAigeri-
oils to their lives as going to schooT ancl flaying
with Michael. P ,'"Arg. Michael is born, he is taught
by the Angel (7 -obriel.
The celestial nursery school Mi-bael at -tent-1s is
as charming a sitar.e as any parent could AvPnt for
his unborn chili/. miehael's arriv a l on earth is the
occasion for gifts: What better gif+ from Ruth and
Debby than a trf4. in PplAst;ne?
becomes the
golden opportunity for Ruth and Debby to learn
more abont trees. how they grow, and the signifi-
cance of Varrii.
Asar b'She"at. the Festival of
the New Year of the Trees. to Palestine .
Almost PC a counte•-nart to voting l'il:^baol Mr.
and Mrs. Cohen, an elderly emit'''• are ir4rnAtired
into the book. These pleasant olrl ne^nle bring
+heir own kind of homey wisdom into Ruth's and
Debby's lives. Mr. Cohen has rbetimatism and,
eeather permitting, suns himself on his noreh.
When he see Ruth and Debby playing hall with
an old •thror, he shows them how to make more
respectful use of objects which have helped per-
form a mitzvah. One of the highlights of the book
is the chapter about the Sefer Torah. that Mr.
Cohen presents to the synagogue. Thp story of how
a Sefer Torah is made—the care and love and de-
votion that ro into its fashioning—will prove ex-
citing and instructive reading to adults .no lees
than to children. When the Sefer Tn.-alt. in all its
tender and Painstaking perfection, finally reaches
the synagogue in an American city it is a climax
worth celebrating. When Rath and Debby -loin in
the celebration they find that they. t oo, have a
role to play in the making of the Sete,. Torah.
Thus the story of the Sefer Torah_ which begins in
the United States. goes to Jerusalem. and returns
to America. completes a cycle. This element. inci-
dentally, of keeping the foreign and distant within
the framework of the story (even Michael in
heaven keeps an eve on his sisters-to-be) is one of
the features which gives the book its feeling of
down-to-earth reality.
Sadie Rose Weilerstein. the author of Little New
Angel, lives in Atlantic City. New Jersey, where
her husband. Rabbi B. Reuben Weilerstein. has
been the spiritual leader of the Community Syna-
gogue for many years. She was born in Rochester.
N. Y., and was graduated from the University of
Rochester in 1917. She taught English for three
years in the Rochester School for the Deaf. She
has three daughters and one son.
"Little New Angel," beautifully printed in large
type and format for children. profusely and fascin-
atingly illustrated by Mathilda Keller, attractively
bound, with a five-color frontispiece. colored end
papers by the artist. retails for $2. It is available
on the membership plan of the Jewish Publication
Society.
Hebrew Self -Taught
SCHARFSTEIN'S "LEMAD IVRITH"
AN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD BOOK
For self-study as well as for brush up on a
knowledge of Hebrew, there is nothing better on
the market than the new volume issued by the
Zionist Organization of America—"Lemad Ivrith"
—"Hebrew Self-Taught," by two very eminent
educators, Zevi and Ben-Ami Scharfstein.
Hebrew is made easy in this volume. The ap-
proach to the subject is splendid, and the average
student will find his task of recapturing a knowl-
edge of the language extremely simple.
"Lemad Ivrith" is more than a textbook, It
is almost like a novel. It has been written in the
form of a running story; and while its simplicity
might give the impression of its being a book for
children, it is much more than that. It is truly a
great contribution to the study of language.
Thls volume is indispensable for all who
aspire to master Hebrew as a living tongue and
as a conversational language.
Facts You Should Know
Answers to Readers'
Questions . • •
Who were the Nasarites or Nazirites?
A. An ascetic group in Judaism who put
themselves under a vow to abstain from wine,
from cutting the hair, and from contact with any-
thing unclean. Among the ancient Hebrews, this
vow-would seem to have been binding for life.
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What is the traditional Jewish description of
g rich man
man,
" He who i s satisfied with his lot."
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What is the-meaning of the name "Shnlamith"?
It isthe feminine name corresponding to Solonioa
and means "the peaceful one."